Theodore Roosevelt has been anxiously expecting a letter from Alice Lee and Rose Saltonstall. He has been avoiding making any engagements for Saturday. Roosevelt would like Saltonstall to know that he enjoyed the pleasant Thanksgiving at her home. From the accounts he has heard, Lee's dress must have been a success at the New Bedford party.

Commissioner Roosevelt discusses Seth's Brother's Wife
by Harold Frederic and how nice it is to see a novelist
realistically describe politics and government work. He ends by
asking William Dean Howells if he would be willing to meet
sometime.

Commissioner Roosevelt has several dinner engagements for the
weekend and asks if Robert Harry Munro Ferguson will join him for
lunch on Saturday and Sunday. Roosevelt details plans for horseback
riding and a walk up Rock Creek if Ferguson is willing.